stol wrote:
For all you guys and gals building a homebuilt plane DO NOT use a auto
engine conversion or any other option that is not FAA certified, Ya see
the feds and Lycoming have a lock on the market providing "quality and
time tested powerplants". Let's see now. it all started a few years
back when Lycoming had a brain fart and decided they knew more about
crankshafts then god, so they redid them, with the FAA's blessing of
course. Ya know the feds demand strict safety testing and "high"
quality control over certified parts. Well, that batch of hundreds had
several break and kill a few innocent souls, So they recalled them and
redesigned the problem out of them and in the meantime kept hundrends
of planes grounded for months while they " patched" the issue. They
introduced a "New and Improved" crank that would cure all their issues.
Well, those broke at a alarming rate and killed 14 innocent souls. All
the while with the feds watching this all unfold. Lycoming then tried
to sue the forging company that stamped out the cranks that THEY speced
the design for. Well, that didn't fly either.


So here comes round number three. Too bad they don't have the three
strike rule in aviation..

http://www.lycoming.textron.com/supp...tins/SB569.pdf

Ben
www.haaspowerair.com

ya, I am the bad guy trying to get ol Barnyard Blob to wake up. G

I've got a reason for delaying any decision regarding a kit or the
engine. TBOs asice, theres the basic reliability factor. I'm not
comnfortable with the current options based on the remote areas I would
plan to go.

i know there aren't that many engine failures, but I have a magnetic
draw to Murphy. He'd certainly be my passenger running somewhere
between Calgary and Anchorage.